A-Dub 🥝9 years after a car crash left a NZ man with a severe traumatic brain injury, his speech still slurs. His hands tremble and he lives with constant brain fog and fatigue so crushing he rests for hours each day just to function. yet ACC not only mishandled his case, compromising his recovery, they **accused him of making up his symptoms and spied on him** 😒
Disabled people in New Zealand and their carers are welcoming a government back-track on funding for support services, but say the past two years have been deeply traumatic and won't be forgotten.
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is calling out the City of Toronto for failing to clear snow off "tactile pavers" — dimpled pads that allow people with low vision to distinguish between a sidewalk and a roadway.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/snow-wayfinding-visually-impaired-safety-9.7116294
weeks after a 56cm snowstorm, some smaller Toronto streets are still difficult or unsafe to walk on. the shitty City of Toronto really doesn't care about disabled people, or pedestrians. it's all about the goddamn cars.
dude has a point. non-disabled people often abuse this kind of honour system for booking accessible seating. (but also: you can't tell who's disabled and who's not just by looking at them.)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/accessible-seating-abuse-9.7057214
Honour system for accessible seating is failing disabled people, say hockey fans | CBC News
With no requirement to prove eligibility, accessible seats at major sports and entertainment venues across the country are sold on the honour system — sometimes leaving people who rely on wheelchairs and other mobility aids unable to get tickets.
hey Uber drivers: yes, it is mandatory to transport a disabled person's service dog with them and no, you can't deny them a ride because you're in an ableist mood. 🤡
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/uber-service-dogs-9.7040700
Uber called out by service dog users who are fed up with ride rejections | CBC News
Under Canadian laws, drivers must accommodate service animals. But CBC’s Go Public interviewed several customers in Ontario who say they’ve been denied rides by Uber drivers within the past few months, because of their service dogs.
A-Dub 🥝this is incredibly cruel, and specifically anti-autistic 🤬
-- an #ActuallyAutistic adult New Zealander
Petition to NZ govt:-
Let Aidhan stay - Don't target disabled kids for deportation
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/let-aidhan-stay-dont-target-disabled-kids-for-deportation/
fucking hell. this primary school in Akwesasne was using small wooden boxes to put students in padded tight seclusion for "time outs". whoever was involved in any stage of this project should be fired forthwith
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/akwesasne-st-regis-school-time-out-box-9.7021697
the conservative coalition government of New Zealand is cutting transportation subsidies for elderly and disabled people with long-term impairments from 75% to 65% 😡
